Over the past 10 years, the worlds of digital and pharma have gotten closer. As with many things in healthcare, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend, especially for fragmented clinical trials.
exist MedCity INVEST PharmaTech Virtual Conference On July 26, strategy and alignment between digital and pharmaceutical companies will be a major theme of the conference.
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A panel discussion on this topic was called: Pharma + Digital: It’s a match made in heaven. Below is a description and list of participating speakers:
To say the pharma and healthtech worlds are culturally different is an understatement. But each of them has the elements the other needs. What are the strategies for better coordination and partnership?
host: Naomi Fried, CEO and Founder of Pharmstars
The speaker:
- Jessica Federer, Partner, Boston Millennium Partners
- Charles Fisher, Founder and CEO, Unlearn.AI
- Joel Krikston, Managing Director of Venture Capital and Head of Strategic Innovation Alliances, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
- Jim Parshall, Senior Director, External Innovation, Connected Health and Devices, Eli Lilly and Company
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A start-up pitch competition will also be held. It will focus on companies that are developing technologies to address innovative approaches to clinical trial design, patient recruitment, remote patient monitoring, and more, all of which have the potential to transform clinical trials.
Judges on Pitch Perfect include:
- Cris De Luca, Digital Partner, Sanofi Ventures
- Jessica Federer, Partner, Boston Millennium Partners
- Joel Krikston, Managing Director of Venture Capital and Head of Strategic Innovation Alliances, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
- Maxim Owen, Venture Partner, Wavemaker Thirty Sixty Health
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